Welcome to week three of our back-to-school, back-to-basics and back-to-health series. So how have you been getting on with your homework so far? Remember that each week I simply want you to try your best, get as many of the homework tasks done as you can, and if you don't get to them all, don't w... Read more →
Irish eating habits are changing. Health food products are flooding the market as consumers are demanding a more health conscious offering. Veganism is a growing trend in Ireland, and supermarkets are taking note. “Vegan is a buzzword. There’s a great demand for it,” says P... Read more →
The internet is fuelling a range of mental health disorders including "cyberchondria", online hoarding and shopping addictions, an influential group of experts are warning as they call for urgent action to tackle the problem. An international team of more than 100 researchers say the "all-per... Read more →
Clonakilty has become Ireland’s first autism-friendly town. Over 80 businesses and organisations carried out four specific actions, in association with the As I Am charity, in order to achieve the accolade. They erected visual guides and maps to help any visiting autistic person; agree... Read more →
Q Should I get the chicken pox vaccine for my eight-month-old daughter who is in a crèche? What are the dangers to the under-ones of catching the disease? And why isn’t it part of the childhood vaccination scheme? Dr Nina replies: Chicken pox (varicella) is one of the few childho... Read more →
How you use your mobile phone could reveal early symptoms of dementia, according to researchers at Oxford University. They contend that the length of your text messages and the speed with which you find a phone number can be important warning signs and believe that using artificial intelligen... Read more →
New research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health linking attendance at a crèche or nursery with better psychological development than being looked after by family, friends or a childminder at home in early childhood comes as no surprise to me. We chose a local, ind... Read more →
Spending time around Diarmuid Gavin is quite the experience. To start with, he is a people magnet. It's a weekday morning and he's showing me around his latest venture, a converted period butcher's shop on George's Street in Dublin city centre that's festooned with a selection of indoor plants. ... Read more →
How you use your mobile phone could reveal early symptoms of dementia, according to researchers at Oxford University. They contend that the length of your text messages and the speed with which you find a phone number can be important warning signs and believe that using artificial intelligen... Read more →
Ireland risks missing its tobacco-free target date of 2025 by 27 years, the HSE has warned. The shocking delay is putting new pressure on Health Minister Simon Harris to soften his stance on e-cigarettes to help more smokers quit. The Government is committed to being "tobacco-free" - with le... Read more →
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